TO PROFESSOR WM. O. VINEY, Indianapolis, Ind.
AND C. W. DORFLINGER, Columbus, Ohio.
He’p you’se’f, mah bruddah,
Jes’ make yo’se’f at home!
‘Kaze yo’ am no stranger
To Siss Wiggle Sloam.
Go ‘head on dat chicken,
‘Kaze it tissen skace!
“Doan’ yo’ worry, sistah,
I is in no has’e!
“Lan’ sakes, sistah Wiggle,
You’ treat me lak er king!
Ha! ha! ‘skewze me, sistah,
One too’ chicken wing!
Tote me few dem waffles,
Chitlins good an’ hot!
Ebbah ring ise eatin’
Trabbles to de spot!
Lawd Gawd! Sistah Wiggle,
I jes’ seed dat ‘possum!
Hiden’ an’ er grinin’
‘Hine dat sunflow’r blossim!
‘Fo’ I’d let dat possum
Git out o’ mah sight,
Th’ow erside mah Gospel,
To de las’ I’d fight!
Bruddah, kain’t yo’ sortah
Gibber little toas’?
‘Deed I kain’t, Gawd knows it,
Whah dey’s possum roas’!
Feed de lambs, mah sistah,
Whut de good book say!
Yo’s fulfillin’ Scripshah
Treatin’ me dis way!
Uncle Ned an’ de Mockin’ Bird.
Bruddah Mocking Bird,
Yo’s moighty lazy.
Yo’ doan’ do nufin
But sing dat song,
Till de daylight’s gone
An’ de night cum ‘long.
Er coon has got to hoe an’ hoe,
Till de sinkin’ sun
Tells de day to go.
Lawd, but yo’ sing
So pow’ful sweet!
Perched up dah,
In yo’ leafy seat.
Is yo’ lonesum?
Does yo’ hea’t feel sad?
‘Pears to me
Dat yo’ soul feels glad.
Ez Ise wockin’ hard,
Sweet ez de cloveah
Yo’ song
Floats obeah,
Way in de co’nfield
Whah de medlark sings,
Up in de bough
Ub de tree it clings.
Yo’ nebah wock
But yo’ bread is sho’,
Out in de yahd;
‘Fo’ ebbry do’,
Sum kine hart’
Th’ows de little crum!
Kaze dey kno’ fo’ sho’
Dat yo’ boun’ to cum.
De good Samaritan
Part dey play.
Let yo’ go ‘way?
Hungry? No!
Dey nebah wood,
Kaze de Lawd wood say
Dat dey wasn’t good.
I kinedah lak
To hyeah yo’ sing,
Ef yo’ is too lazy
To flop yo’ wing,
Sing on,
Fill de worl’ wiff song.
I mus’ be gittin’
Mah wock er long.
(Elliott Blaine Henderson)
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